malindaj@netusa1.net wrote: I wrote a nice letter to the Probate office in Columbus asking if they'd do a check for probate records for me to help me find my grandfather. This is their entire reply that came last week.... "We have nothing more than genealogy would have." No signature... The lady who had the reply from Bourbon County was VERY lucky!! --------------------------- Malinda: The address for "genealogy" is: Cherokee County Genealogical Historical Society P.O. Box 33 Columbus, KS 66725-0033 If you are driving there, the address is: 100 S. Tennessee St. I think you will get a better reply from them. Dale Chesney Kingsport, TN